Seriously dynamic duo feat. Sydney Duarte & Osiris Rain
Here we go! It’s The Raising a Ruckus Podcast … the joint all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
Sydney Duarte and Osiris Rain may be some of the biggest names in the CLT art scene. Responsible for some of the most recognizable and Instagramable works around these parts, they’ve installed big, award-winning art all over the world, too.
But it’s a smaller, startup project called the TAOH Outdoor Gallery that’s got these two heavy-hitters paired with the Piece for Peace Movement, the City of Charlotte, Proffitt Dixon Partners, Art Walks CLT, and other artists. And it’s all about paying it forward. They’re pooling resources, sharing space, and providing opportunities for up-and-coming creators to collaborate with established artists in a low-stakes environment. They’re literally working to build the proving ground they wished they’d had.
If that sounds hippy-dippy, kumbaya AF, that’s because it kinda is. And we love it.
Let’s get into it on this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast.
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Hold My Beer feat. Adam Bratton
Adam Bratton is the kind of guy Roosevelt and Hemmingway would want to take lessons from. A courageous soul and an adventurous dude, for sure; Adam has taken some pretty epic journeys – many of them his own creations. If you’ve every DIY’d your own getaway, then you have a pretty good idea of some of the stories he’s got in his back pocket.
But Adam wasn’t content with a pocketful of stories. Nope, he wanted to make a mess of everyone else’s weekends, too. In the best possible way, of course.
Human Powered Movement becomes a thing. The “movement” then inspires actual, factual events. Naturally, the events require beers.
Modern Renaissance Man that he is, Adam would not be content with just any beer. He had to make a mess of his own garage, too. And that’s just part of our story. Tap into this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast as we get into all of that with our guest Adam Bratton.
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Rock Star and then some feat. Krystle Baller
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
Music has a way of bringing folks together, doesn’t it? No matter what you look like, feel like, love like, or think like; most all of us can get together around music. Music is a safe place for lots of folks, too; a platform to express ourselves, be who we are – or who we want to be – and put it all out there.
Through the programs at We Rock Charlotte, Krystle Baller is creating a space where people of all ages, identities, and levels of experience can create something through their camps, lessons, and workshops. Parallel to that creative mission is providing a safe space for gender and cultural diversity.
Krystle Baller has a gift for this kind of work.
Tune into this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast… (see what we did there?)
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The Empire Strikes Back feat. Vijay Bhojwani
Ok, so it’s not exactly a story about striking back, but Vijay and his family sure figured out how to build an empire in local real estate. For Vijay’s part, experience really was the best teacher.
Vijay is not just your typical real estate developer; he’s a visionary with a knack for turning ideas into incredible spaces. With over 20 years of experience, he’s been shaking things up in Charlotte for a minute. He knows how to leverage relationships, party like a rock star, and still find time for family.
Does this dude ever sleep?
But Vijay wasn’t born into a real estate empire. Far from it actually, and getting started wasn’t easy.
In this coffee-soaked episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast, we get into it with Vijay Bhojwani, what keeps him up all night, and why he’d rather be working than doing anything else.
Try and keep pace, y’all. Vijay is always in “go mode!”
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Marketing Royalty in the House feat. Blair Primis
If you follow the marketing biz in Charlotte at all, you know today’s guest. Or at least you know his work. Blair Primis is Chief Marketing Officer at Flagship Specialty Partners, but before that, he made a ton of noise marketing for one of CLT’s major players in the healthcare space.
Blair’s had the unique opportunity to make local healthcare marketing more accessible and engaging, all while keeping things refreshingly real. Along the way, he helped connect doers, innovators, and creators with cash money; investing in people and their day-to-day instead of naming rights to buildings and stadiums.
He continues to lead, mentor, and shake it up in the marketing and healthcare consumerism space.
So what’s the deal, and WTH is “healthcare consumerism” anyway? We’ll get into all that in this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast, where we’re cutting up with our man Blair Primis over a couple of Friday show beers. Buckle up, party people. This one’s more than worth a listen!
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Cashing In feat. Chris Gere; Risk Taker, Rapper, Teacher
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-
breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights,
disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
There’s probably not a one of us who hasn’t thought about taking a leap, doing
something completely different, or getting a second chance altogether. No matter how
good you’ve got it, there’s always that, “what if,” feeling that lingers somewhere. Like an
itch that needs a scratch.
The older we get, the tougher it gets to reach that itchy part, too.
Chris Gere is one of those folks who scratched that itch like a dog with fleas. With a wife
and kids, a mortgage, and a grown-up job that paid the bills, Chris up and quit his “real”
job to pursue a calling to create music. But not without a plan, y’all. He did the money
math and figured he’d could afford a year to make it work.
We caught up with him pretty close to the end of that year. So, how’d it go?
Chris Gere cuts it real on this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
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Playing in the street with Brian Mister, Around the Crown 10k
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
Whether you’re running around Charlotte or not, you’ve probably caught wind the Around the Crown 10k. This once-a-year opportunity to run on the 277 loop is enough to attract thousands of folks to the start line. Equally as cool, this event has been a local leader in sustainability and creating an equitable and accessible product.
For those who’ve yet to Around the Crown, that may not seem so “wow.” So let’s frame it like this: Brian Mister managed to convince local and state decision-making types to close down a portion of 277 to run a 10k race. Since then, he’s worked to make it as clean and green an event as possible, AND make damned near everybody feel like they belong.
We can dig it. All of it, actually.
Those are just some of the reasons we wanted to have him here with us on The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
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The Oprah of CLT Art feat. Wendy Hickey, Art Pop Street Gallery
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
You may not know the name Wendy Hickey, but you’ve probably seen her work. She’s the name and the force behind the billboard and other out-of-home media that’s NOT hawking beer, booze, or land-banking realty companies… but local artists.
In just 10 years, Art Pop Street Gallery has grown from a one-woman side hustle, to a full-time nonprofit that leverages more than $8 million in public ad space, AND has paid out nearly three quarters of a million bucks DIRECTLY TO local artists since 2020. For Wendy, it’s all about making art accessible and approachable. And that seemingly simple approach has created some real magic for the featured artists.
We called her the, “Oprah of Charlotte art.” And quite frankly, it really didn’t resonate with her.
Until the next day.
We believe she’s far too modest. You be the judge, after you tuck into this serving of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
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If you know, you know… feat. Maddy Ebbert, artist & muralist
Here we go! It’s The Raising a Ruckus Podcast … the joint all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
When you’re just starting out, the prevailing and conventional wisdom is that you can do just about anything for a year. You know, paying your dues, learning the ropes, and all that jazz. But that kind of advice isn’t exactly for the unconventional types, now is it?
Sometimes, it’s more like, “when you know, you know… “
That’s pretty much how Maddy Ebbert saw it. After college, she bagged on a new job just a few weeks into it. Yeah, her parents were thrilled. (We probably should have asked if she’d even found the bathroom or the printer in such a short time.)
Anyways, Maddy sold most of her stuff, and set out to be really creative. And find a way to get paid to do it.
So, how’s all that working out? Maddy Ebbert gets into it with us on this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast.
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